Hand-grip.



A. YOUNGS HAND GRIP.

APrLmATIoN NLRB nume; 19u.

Patented June l0, 1913.

' -of the steering wheel teilt/cn on -pnrtlv cut away to 'show the structure of ARTHUR YQUNGS, or NEWBURGH, New YORK.

HAND-GRIP.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented June 10, .1913.

Application filed J snuary 15, 1912. Serial No. 671,151.

1o ai -wpom 'it may concern '1 Be it known that l, An'rriuu YoUNos, a Citizenof the United States, end n. resident of Newburgh, in the county oYOrnnge and State of New York, have 'invented s new and Improved Hand-Grip, of which the following is e full, clear, and exact description.

Among the principal ohieeis which the i present inif'entii'in has in 'iievr nre'. to pro-- vide s heating system constructed und :in ranged to Warm' the hands of n siecafsmnn or operator of e motor or other driven vehicle where the controllingr devices sro in `exposed posit-ions; to provide en attachment for heating the hands. of nu operator, under the above. mentioned conditions. which may be removed and replaced at will trom or upon the controllingf device; und to provide en attachment -of the character mentioned adapted for installation upon standard controlling devices.

Reference is to be had to the seconipiinv1 ing drawings formingr port of iliis speci-ticationr in which lil-:e eln-ii'eciersof reference indicate corresponding parte in all the views, and in which Figure 1 is a top plan view of an eutomobileI steerintgT wheel having nits-shed there to s heating attachment constructed und arranged in accordance with the present invention; the rim of the Wheel hns been is u. cross section the llneQ-E of Fig. 1.; Fig. 8 s cross section of the steering' post taken on the line 3--3 of Fig.' .2` showing si top plan *view of the coupling, plates, ther upper plate being-partly cut nway to disclose the lov'ver plate; Fig. iis a cross section of the coupling plates taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is a detail View` in side elevation. of the means provided for coupling the heating s vstem, herein describedywitn the exhaust or other pipe containing the uected with the motor of e vehicle; Fig. 6 is :i vertical section taken on the line 6-'-6 oFig. 5; and Fig. 7. is a, pictorial vier, in side elevation, showing: the steering post of un automobile having spplied thereto houd grips,'and s liest-ing system connected there with, constructed und urrsnged .in scoordance with the present invention.

As shown in the uccsnaprmying drawings, 1

tlic'liand radiator; Fig. Q

' tapped heating medium conthe attachment is supplied with lheating mediuni from the exhaust of :1n internal comhustion engine. The same construction and urrsingenlent would be used in conjunction with :i motor employing steam. The particular arrangement of the pipingherein shown und described would not. be essential when 'die heating medium employed is :in electric current.

, When employing gas or steam. the'szune is pre1" eruhly taken from the exhaust pipe 12. For this purpose the exhaust pipe 12 is provided. with an openingl. The open-- ing 13 is provided to register with a central bore of n pipe nipple 14. said nipple having u hollow under surface to straddle the pipe 12 to form with the outer surface thereof e. steam or ,ons sealed joint- If found necessnry,\any suitable form of gasket or other packingP may the structure. ,Extended laterally nipple 14 nre brackets 15, 15. The brackets 15, 15 are properly perforated to receive the thrcnded.,vend of n cinch clip 16; The clip L16 is furnished with nuts 17,217 which, when properly setup, forces the nipple 14:y firmly upon the pipe 12. The nipple 14 is suitably with avtapered hole to receive a nipple 18- extended from the lower end of a.

coupling 19. Ext-ended Within the nipple 1S, und having s drive fit therewith, is n small toed pipe 20. The pipe 20 extends upwardly through the coupling 19 and a casing 31. The casing 21 fits over with n driven or other' suitable joint to 'inelose the cylindrical 'surface of 'thev double: channeled coupling Q9. The couplingQvZis shaped substnntinllir as shown in Fig. 4 'of the drawings. Within the Cylindrical chamber 23 of the coupling Q9. is n channel Q4. which chimnel 24 registers with the. pipe 20. The onsing lreceives the return of the heating medium after the same hns passed through the hand grips 25. Y

The chnuiher and the channel 24 are in open communication with the grooves 26 "und 27 respectively (see Figs. 3 und 4i). flu grooves 26 und 27 nre formed in the lower coupling pluto QS. To' register with the pluto 2S is nu upper coupling plate 29 having formed therein :muulnr grooves 30 und ll.- which grooves accurately overlie tlu'- grooves fifi und 27, combining therewith to. form :uniuhu' passages.

The plates 2S and 29 are preferably Con-i (The hub ring 33 cast with the plate 28- grips tightly the easing 34 for the steering post The easing 34 being stationary, the plate 28 is thus held. In this manner the cou ling 22, easing 2,1, and parts oonnected t erewith, are suitably held in struetural relation. In the operation of the inl vention, the plate 29 rotates with the steering wheel A, being connected thereto by a coupling 36', a casing 37, and the grips 25. In the preferred arrangement there are two couplings 36 extended upwardly from the plate 29, two casings 37 and two grips 25, as seen best in Fig. l of the drawings. The easings 37 and 21, and the pipes 20 and 38 contained therein, are preferably eonstruct ed from a suitable yielding material, such as lead' or copper, so as to be adaptive to then structural needs of the installation.

The couplings 36 are similar in design to the couplings 22 in that/they are provided with an outer chamber 39 and a reduced channel 40. The channel 40 is in open com-- munieation with the groove 31, with which the channel 24 is likewise in communication. The heating material therefor passing from the pipe 20 through the channel 24 to the passage formed by the grooves 27 and 31, passes from the said passage through the channel 40 to the'pipe 38, and thence Ainto the grips 25, 25 and into the outer chaml'rer 41 thereof. The chamber 41 is formed by a partition 42 which divides the grips lengthwise. The partition 42 falls short/of the far end of the grip 25, thereby providu 'ing an entrance to a chamber 43 with which the easing 3 7 registers and from which the return gas or steam is received.

The grips 25 are shaped substantially as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings; havingl at each end thereof holt-ingr tabs 44, 'l/l, and around its under surface. When installed, the grips are disposed, as Shown in Fig. l ol' the drawings, at opposite sides of the steering wheel and in 'the position most natural for the hand of the steersman lo grip when the machine is running in the normal straight path. lVhen. the hand is* inrasefl, as is the custom, in a heavy rlriving glove, the warmth Supplied by the hentng medium passing through the grips 25 eirmilatrs within the Aglove and warms the hand of the driver.

lt will be understood that when the Agrips 2 are a 'i )lied to such devices as levers for eontxzolling the ouvrent of motor ears. or

when applied to such levers as i,

in switch houses in railroad,

ls for hrowing the switches, the shape oi the y i i roviilei! grips will be varied to .suit the convenience of operation and the structure to which they are ap lied. Y

In t e operation of the device when installed as shown in the accompanying drawings, the heating medium pass from the.-

exhaust pipe 12 through the pipe 20 and the channel formed hy the grooves 27 and 31 to the pipes 38, and thence through the two grips 25, 25. After passing through the grips 25, 25,' the cooled gases or fluid are returned by the, easing 37 to the passage' formed by the groovesQG and 3D to the cas ing 21, and thence delivered. through the nipple 45 to the atmosphere,

To regulate the heat supplied to the grips 25, 25, there is provided in the pipe 20 a butterfly valve 46, the handle 47 of which is extended from the sidewf the nipple'19l and may be turned to limit the opening of the pipe 2()v and to eoutrolthe amount of heat. medium to pass therefrom. I

To maintain the eontact between the plates 28 and 29, and to furnish a yielding joint therefor, I provide the spring snap clips 48 and 48. The clips 48, 48 are permanently secured hy means of screws 49 upon the lower or under plate 28. The clips, shown, are S shape, the loool( of the S ding anove the flanges 50,5() eX- tenzled frein .e edge 'the plate 29.

Having thus described my invention, what l claim as new and desire te secure by Letters Patentis: A

1. The combination with controlling device, comprising a rotary member and a stationary niemeer, of hand grip having a plurali of hollow radiating chambers elongated and curved for mountaina upon said rotary member; a plurality o plates having a plurality of annular grooves, said grooves arranged to register to form passages when said plates are overlaid.; means for securing one-of said plates rigidly upon said rotary member and the other of said plates upon said stationary member; a plu rality of couplings having a return cha1n.

chambers ber and a supply eliaunel, and channels in eaeh of said ei hugs open-k ing into said passages resp vel'; means for oonneeting sain couplings with said ra.- diating chambers; and means for supplying a heating medium to one-ot said passages and for exhausting said medium trom the other or" said passages.

The combination witha controlling devine, comprising a movable member andad stationary nnvnibcr, of a hollow hand `grip .having circulating chambers; meansA rfor trn'iporaiily mounting said grip upon said movable ineinlar; a plurality ot roupling plaies, roviilmi with a plurality ot' annoia.

. said plates, one upon said movable member;

sages, said plates being constructed in sections which, when united, form complete circular passages; means for uniting ysi'iid sections-t0 form complete plates; means 'for uniting said complete plates to permit relative rotation thoieof; means forA mounting :intl the other upon will stationary member; iiieulis for oi'ierutii'cly connecting' Suid 'p85- sug'es und said cireulutiiig,y chalutiers of the l v l liziiid grip; unil menus for .supplying u lwuting medium to one of siid passages und for exhausting said medium from the other oi* said passages.

In testimony whereof I have simu-l mi' i5 iizinic to this specifciitioii iu the pi'vsvuw of two subscribing witnesses.

ARTHUR Y( )UM S.

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